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Official YZF Makeover Thread

I dont know Billy thats gona be hard for me to get over!! lol i forgive you buddy i love a good joke(even when its on me lol). the bike does look great hopefully you will be rideing soon.
 
Nice one Billy. :bs: Yeah, I didn't want to give it all away, but I worked 7pm to 7am so I was already in Fool Mode :cowboy: Great prank. I never believe anything on the internet on April 1st. I would be happy for you to turn a profit and get a Gen II, but I didn't believe for one second you would sell the YZF without even getting her on the road. Too much work and love in that now.

I hope the clutch gets worked out ASAP. I look forward to you taking a trip to IN and IL. There are some nice little roads in eastern IN. :hook2: You'll have to see if the YZF can keep up with the FZ1's. Gary pushed me pretty hard on our ride! :surrender:
 
You had me going for a second there when I first read it :rofl:

Hopefully the slave rebuild kit cures the clutch situation. It's very easy to change those seals so between that and the new braided line you should be good to go. I guess you still need to rebuild the front forks right (or did I miss that)?
 
NJFZ1 said:
You had me going for a second there when I first read it :rofl:

Hopefully the slave rebuild kit cures the clutch situation. It's very easy to change those seals so between that and the new braided line you should be good to go. I guess you still need to rebuild the front forks right (or did I miss that)?
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Yeah, but the forks are an easy thing to do since I have to change the clip-ons as well. I'd like to at least get the bike where I can ride it for a day or so. It sucks that this clutch thing came up or else I'd be riding already.
 
YZFRiderNY said:
Yeah, but the forks are an easy thing to do since I have to change the clip-ons as well. I'd like to at least get the bike where I can ride it for a day or so. It sucks that this clutch thing came up or else I'd be riding already.
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I agree...since you have the proper tools and you've done the FZ1 forks before these will be very similar and you should be able to breeze through it.
 
NJFZ1 said:
I agree...since you have the proper tools and you've done the FZ1 forks before these will be very similar and you should be able to breeze through it.
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Yep! I don't see a problem with doing these. They look almost identical to the FZ1 forks. I'm thinking that I could easily remove them on a Friday after work and have them back on by Saturday afternoon no problem. My main concern is the Clutch. I really wish I had a cable actuated unit on this bike! Hey Tony, do you think I may have to bleed it from the Master Cylinder like I did with the FZ1? Remember that I couldn't get a good brake lever and you told me to crack it open at the Master through the Banjo Bolt. After that it was golden. Maybe the same thing here????
 
YZFRiderNY said:
...My main concern is the Clutch. I really wish I had a cable actuated unit on this bike! Hey Tony, do you think I may have to bleed it from the Master Cylinder like I did with the FZ1? Remember that I couldn't get a good brake lever and you told me to crack it open at the Master through the Banjo Bolt. After that it was golden. Maybe the same thing here????
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It's possible that you have air in the clutch master cylinder, but I doubt it. However, it doesn't hurt to try and bleed it. Just be careful with the paint and the brake fluid...
 
NJFZ1 said:
It's possible that you have air in the clutch master cylinder, but I doubt it. However, it doesn't hurt to try and bleed it. Just be careful with the paint and the brake fluid...
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Thanks! I certainly hope that the Master doesn't need rebuilding after all is said and done. That will put me back another week waiting for a rebuild kit. I'm hoping it's just air, but man, I must have put a PINT of DOT4 through that system already using both methods, manual and with the Stockton Bleeder. I guess I'll have to wait and see. Thanks again!
 
YZFRiderNY said:
Thanks! I certainly hope that the Master doesn't need rebuilding after all is said and done. That will put me back another week waiting for a rebuild kit. I'm hoping it's just air, but man, I must have put a PINT of DOT4 through that system already using both methods, manual and with the Stockton Bleeder. I guess I'll have to wait and see. Thanks again!
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Well I didn't want to say anything, but that is a possibility as well. Very possible for the seals in the mc to go just like that. However, I have a mc rebuild kit that I haven't gotten around to installing so if you need it it's yours (and you can just order me another one). This way you wont have much downtime at all.
 
NJFZ1 said:
Well I didn't want to say anything, but that is a possibility as well. Very possible for the seals in the mc to go just like that. However, I have a mc rebuild kit that I haven't gotten around to installing so if you need it it's yours (and you can just order me another one). This way you wont have much downtime at all.
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Thanks so much T! I'll let you know how it goes.
 
YZFRiderNY said:
Dirty does nice work hey!?
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I recon . . . . very nice work indeed , , , , I am envious as H&LL !! Those decals will look great !! Also, that was swell of DirtyD to pack in the extras . . . .. w00t !!

Now that you will have the YZF LOOKING spiffy, , , with the spiffy decals . . . let's get the CLUTCH fixed and let's get to RIDING that shiny black and silver cruise missle . . .... !!! :waiting:
 
pilot8127 said:
I recon . . . . very nice work indeed , , , , I am envious as H&LL !! Those decals will look great !! Also, that was swell of DirtyD to pack in the extras . . . .. w00t !!

Now that you will have the YZF LOOKING spiffy, , , with the spiffy decals . . . let's get the CLUTCH fixed and let's get to RIDING that shiny black and silver cruise missle . . .... !!! :waiting:
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I'm rapidly working on it buddy! Parts should hopefully be here by the week's end.
 
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